ROCHESTER — It isn’t the holidays until Main Street in Rochester shines with a light display that puts Clark Griswold’s house from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” to shame.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Grosse Pointe Park City Councilman Vikas Relan wasn’t always the most popular person at the council table — or with some members of the community — but that’s not why he entered the political arena.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — The Grosse Pointe Shores City Council reversed course on a controversial new vicious dog ordinance that included a ban on dogs classified as pit bulls.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS/SHORES/WOODS — Voters in Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods also cast ballots for the Nov. 7 election — they just had fewer choices than their neighbors in the City and Park.

METRO DETROIT — The Thanksgiving turkey is fresh out of the oven, the mashed potatoes are ready and the Christmas tree lights are twinkling.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A piece of Grosse Pointe Farms history has been recognized in a unique way.

GROSSE POINTE CITY — Although roadwork is still taking place throughout the region, Grosse Pointe City is already gearing up for work that won’t be done until next year.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The city of Sterling Heights’ new Featured Artist is an Assyrian Iraqi American who aspires to carry on a millennia-long legacy of Middle Eastern art.

METRO DETROIT — It’s no secret that college enrollment rates have declined since the COVID-19 pandemic.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A drain near a Sterling Heights shopping plaza that was filled with concrete debris and trash is now cleanly flowing to the Clinton River, according to the Macomb County Public Works Office.

ROCHESTER HILLS — A Roseville woman was killed in a three-car collision on Rochester Road in Rochester Hills the morning of Nov. 15.

ROCHESTER — The Snowman Stroll is set to return to downtown Rochester this December, once again bringing 12 fiberglass snowmen to Main Street.

DETROIT — Midtown Detroit is inviting the whole metro Detroit community to join them for one of Detroit’s biggest parties: the 49th annual Noel Night.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Bryan Barnett was sworn in for his fifth term as the mayor of Rochester Hills Nov. 15.

ROCHESTER/ROCHESTER HILLS/OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — The Rochester Area Neighborhood House recently kicked off its annual Holiday Giving Tree program to help make the holidays brighter for local children and families in need.

ROCHESTER HILLS — Voters in Rochester Hills overwhelmingly decided to renew the millages that fund police service.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — Oakland Township’s most affluent homes are now being targeted in what Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard is referring to as a transnational crime ring.

ROSEVILLE — A 42-year-old Sterling Heights man is facing a second-degree murder charge after he was found in a vehicle with his deceased girlfriend in Roseville.

TROY — You think you have them right where you want them, but really you’re just playing into one of the biggest strengths Troy Athens boys soccer possesses.

TROY — The voters of Troy have cast their ballots, and the results are in for one heavily contested race and one uncontested.